THICK AS A BRICK

Let's face that perfection doesn't exist. not even in prog. There are just things close enough to perfection. In this case, this release deserves a place in the list of those kind of things. Truly amazing! Superb! Magnificent!!!

Now, let's see why... A concept album, if it's good, is way over any common album... but if it's mediocry or bad, it could become terrible... Moreover, the main objective of all band that composes a concept album is to assemble correctly the different pieces that complete the whole album. Well, this disc fits perfectly with it: it's divided in two parts, but it's really one loooong song, a concept one, but it doesn't mean that it's repetitive or boring because of repeating melodies all time..... All time? The most repeated melody is the second movement ("See there! A son is born..."): three times. Is that too many for a concept album? I don't think so, and surely most of progheads agree with me. In fact, the few low reviews are because of this fact: the repetitive melodies, and I do insist: it's a deceit. This is an important point that I've already made clear.

A second point is, as I mentioned before, the perfect (well, say Almost perfect) cohesion, coherence and assemblage of the different pieces and movements, an esential thing to be considered in a concept album composition. I cannot explain beyond this idea; the rest, you gotta get over yourself, it's the only way to get into this CD and finally understand why this is the most beloved and accomplished prog release ever made.

Well..... the lyrics are also a very strong point. They are emotive and poetic; Ian Anderson (or Gerald Bostock, hehehe) at his best as a lyricist, or better said, as a truly poet. The musicianship are superb, including the new drumster, Barriemore Barlow: his work is outstanding too.

Well prog fellowship, get it and enjoy it. Five stars!

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